Mop.



' D. KENNER.

MOP.

' APPLICATION FILE D FEB. I, 1918- "WEE/W01? kiilziev."

ATTORNEYS Patented Sept 17,1918- I airs amass Parana anion.

DUNCAN KENNEB, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

MOP.

Application filed February 1, 1918. Serial No. 214,890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUNCAN KnNNpR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident i .of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans Among the objects of the invention is to i provide an improved type of mop that may be effectively cleansed and wrung by hand l operation, but without requiring the wet- .ting or soiling of the operators hands.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the'invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein. still for the purpose of illustrating a prac- -.shouldered at 15 where the smallerlowen t'ical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side-elevation of my improved mop showing in full lines the normal operative position of the head and in dot and dash lines the position of the head for wringing.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the wringing position and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional detail on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

My improved mop comprises a straight rigid'handle 10 of any suitable material and proportions. At the upper end of the handle may be fixed any suitable crosshead 11, or its equivalent, to facilitate the twisting or wringing action referred to ,below. The lower end of the handle is provided with a central lo itudinal bore 12 which may extend for eight or ten inches along the handle from the extreme lower end thercofpand communicating with this bore 12 are any" desired number of lateral or radial holes 13. The extreme end of the handle is preferably grooved circumferentially at'14, but the re maining portion of the handle is preferably straight or cylindrical although it may be cylindrical end portion merges into the larger cylindrical end portion.

16 indicates a hollow cylindrical or tubuof the handle.

erably of metal or other-suitable rigid material and is provided at its lower end with a flaring flange 16. Above the flared lower end of the sleeve I may attach a loop or bail 17 to assist the operator in holding the sleeve stationary during the wringing action.

Within the sleeve or between the sleeve. and the lowerend of the handle 10 is located a coil spring 18. The lower end of the spring is fitted in the groove 14 while allthe remaining portion of the spring is simply fitted loosely or 'slidably upon the handle up to the shoulder 15. The spring therefore constitutes in e-ifect an open mesh sleeve applied to or fitted over the hollow end of thehandle.

The mop head 19. consists of any suitablefibrous mass of material of a nature suitable for the purpose of the device, the mass being arranged in the form of a hollow cylinder with respect to the lower end of the handle. One end of the head is wrapped securely at 20 adjacent to the end of the coil 18 next to the groove14 whereby the end of the head will be secured to the handle and at the same time the end of the spring will be supported. The upper end of the head is secured as by wrapping at 21 around the flanged or flaring end of the sleeve 16 whereby this end of the head is either held stationary with the sleeve or is caused to partake of any movement that may be i-m-' parted to the sleeve either longitudinally or circumferentially with respect to the handle.

In the operation of the mop which is or may be substantially the same as any other ordinary mop so far as its cleansing action is concerned, the sleeve 16 and the upper end of the head secured thereto occupies a position as indicated in Fig. 2 or perhaps lower down toward the end ofthe handle, the main or middle portion of the head thus extending or bagging below the ends of the handle and sleeve. In the cleansing and wringing of the mop the operation is pref: erably as follows: With the left hand for instance grasping the upper portion of the sleeve 16 and with the fingers extending beneath the bail 17 and with the other hand gras iing the upper end of the handle at the pin or crosshcad 11 the operator will extend the left hand downward so that the head 19 will be in a loose pliable condition,

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issues This sleeve is made prefwhere it may be thoroughly rinsed and shaken to properly position the fibers thereof While loose. The operator then maintaining the same 'grrasp upon the sleeve 16 will draw the same upward, covering the upper portion of the spring 18 and exposing the lower portion of the spring so that the inner snrt'ace of the mass of the fibrous head will hear direct 1 against it. The operator now holds the left hand stationary and imparts a rotation to the handle with the other hand as tor instance in the direction'indicated in Fig. whereby the head is put into a hard twist causing the water to be squeezed therefrom, Naturally the water on the outside of the head drains directly therefrom and the water from the inner portion of the head drains freely through the sprin; or between the coils thereot and thence through the radial holes 13 into and inward through the bore 12. The coil spring acts as a flexible core and the tihrous strands oi" the head are wrung thereover or against, the .same as it' the handle were not present. It will be appreciated that it the head were twisted or wrapped upon an impertbrate handle the water from the interior of the head would be largehv retained therein. l urthermore the spring con'l'ornis automatically to the handle around which it is coiled, and inasmuch as the head in the upwardly extended position prior to the twistin or wringing action bears directly against the spring" itv follows that while the head naturally shortens While twisting a portion of the coil spring gripped thereby also will shorten somewhat, but in no event will the spring intercept the free discharge of the water from the interior of the head through the bore 12.

I claim:

1. In a mop. the combination of a handle having a longitudinal bore at; one end and a plurality of lateral holes leading outward from said bore, an open mesh sleeve surrounding the portion of the handle having the bore and holes, a textile mop head having one portion thereof secured to the end of the handle having the bore, a hand grip mo 'ahly mounted upon the aforesaid sleeve,

and means securing the other end of the head to saidhand grip.

2. in a mop, the combination of a handle having: a bore extending from the lower end thereof and having later: l holes leadingoutward trom said bore to the surface of the handle. a wire coil surrounding the portion of the handle having the bore and holes, a tubular member loosely fitted over thecoil and movable with relation to the handle and coil both longitudinally and c-ircun'iterentially, and a textile mop head surrounding the end of the handle having the bore and secured at its opposite ends to the end of the handle and to said tubular nember respectively.

Duncan KENNER. 

